Sunday, November 2, 2014

"A Natural Fix for A.D.H.D." - The New York Times

Today as I was exploring The New York Times' website catching up on my current events. I happened to stumble on an article relating to my personal life. The well known "disease", attention deficit hyperactive disorder is the lack of paid attention in every day life.  While the author of "A Natural Fix for A.D.H.D.", Richard A. Friedman claims that "psychostimulants like Adderall and Ritalin help by blocking the transport of dopamine back into neurons, thus increasing its level in the brain", an individual with A.D.H.D. generally is not content with a rutined every day life. This is why these individuals find them selves off track and not paying attention to something they aren't interested in. For example I have an attention deficit hyperactive disorder and through out the process of me writing this blog post, I have found my self side tracked numerous times. Whether that may be taking a look at my phone, pondering out my fourth floor dorm window, or even contemplating starting my laundry.  What Friedman is trying to get across is that in modern days society humans have evolved into a more chaotic and stimulating surroundings and now individuals are "bored" due to having a "taste for novelty". He claims the metophorical cure for this disorder is to get out and change things up to reduce the boredum.